The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-17
This is the Verdict Of Their Friends,
Not the Catholics, Who
Laugh at Them.
THE PRESS CRITICISES THE ANTI
O'BRIEN MEETINGS,
Saving the Speeches We're More Ear
nest Than Wise-O'Brlen VIII
be in Toronto To-day.

nothing to do with the matter, seem
satit fled 10 look on and laugh. The
Grange meeting at Toronto on Satur
day furnished opportunity for more
angry comment on their conduct by
their own supporters than any YET
made by their bitterest opponents
Take for example the Montrea. Gazette
a conservative and government organ.
Ts find in it's columns anything moi
laudatory tf Orangemen would be moi
less surprising than to find Mai. saun.
derson or Col. King Hartman, leader
OF the Uls er Ofangemep, sssailing his
followers in Il e House OF Commons.
The Gazette has leading editorial this
morning on the Toronto meeting, OF
which ii says: at must be said that
some of the speakers at the anti
O'Btien meeting at Toronto VIZ re more
earnest than wise. They fell into ways
that they themselves, in common with
a tremendous ajorily of the people
In this country, condemn in the agita-
tor whose presence on the mission he
bias taken up the Canadians resent.
Some things were said bsfore the ten
or twelve thousand persons gathered
in the Queens park on Saturday that
will rankle in the minds of other Citi-
zsrs who, while not indorsipg the pol
icy that makes the Dominion a battle
field for Irish qusrrels, sympathize
with the other phases # the move
ment with which Mr.. OBrien is con-
nected, and will feel that they have
been needlessly hurt by words that
would not have been called forth had
wiser Counsels prevailed and the cause
OF the present turmoil stayed at hon e
Thus there is danger of a collision,
and even trough due care he taken by
the authorities to prevent violence
there is almost sure to be certain
amount Of trouble through people tax.
ing sides in quarrel that has been
thrust upon them. We Sir cerely
hope that wherever Mr.. 0Bfien de.
termines ON going he will be left in
peace, and that those who cannot iusti-
fly his mission will keep away"
Lord Lsnsdowne's hand is plainly
visible in this, just as in the Montreal
Herald, whose politics are Liberal, but
which opposed, at the beginning,
O'Brien's invasion almost as vigorous
ly as the Gazette itself. 1t is headed:
"wANTED-THE OTHER SIDE"
1t would not only be proper, but
it seems absolutely necessary that the
statements made by Mr.. 0'Brien in
regard to the treatment Of the Lugga-
curran tenants should be met and
negstived if il is possible. LansdoVne
does not appear to have had knowl-
edge of these Transactions. His agent,
of course, may be- said to represent
him, but with his lordship on OF side
of the Atlantic and the negotiations
proc eding on the other between the
agent and the represent atives of the
tenants, it might well be assumed
that the negotiations might 90 on and
be disposed OF before Lsnsdowne
would be informed of tie details.
But for the eviction of large bodies of
poor people from his estates Lord
LaDsdowne is responsible, and the
why's and wherefores of such action
are as debateble in his case as in any
other case. The fact that he is Gov
ernor General OF Canada supplies no
reason for silence. The question is
sgitating the English speaking people
OF Britain, Canada and the United
States. 1t matters little how, or by
whom, the agitation is brought about.
Very serious sccusations have been
made. II they affected the Premier
of Canada they would have to be
answered. They ought all the more
to be met and answered when
directed sgiinst the Governor Gen.
ersl Of Canada. The question is
are these things true? The refusal Of
a hall to Mr.. O'Bren in Toronto is
no answer. The threat of the Orange
men of Kingston not to permit him to
enter the city is no answer. The same
class OF people were once the means
of preventing the Prince of Wales
from landing at Kingston. Mr..
0'Brien's allegations would still exist
and would still have to be met,
whether Mr.. O'Brien ia refused an
entrance or speech in the city OF On
tario or not. 1t must be confessed
that the amount of light cast on that
side of the controversy is not great.
There is much abuse of Mr.. 0'Bnen
but plentiful lack OF fact What is
needed just now is a ciIcumstsntisl
statement from the landlords point of
view, of his relations with his tenants.
AS "roysl commissions" have in
vestigsted such matters and the people
of Great Britain have been sgitated on
similar subjects for years, and the
press and electors have such questions
constantly before them, it cannot be
said that the dispute is one Of 8 private
character. II is unfortunately very
much of public question and the
sooner both eides are heard from the
better. The only "otber side" 80 far
has been shown by the Rev. Canon
Dumolier, one of the speakers OF the
meeting, who characterized O'Brien as
one of the most audscious liars of the
present time. These two editorials
have caused almost the entire province
of Quebec to wheel into line. II not
exactly in favor Of O'Brien at least
against the 0rangemen and their
threats. Today everybody here is
talking OF what is likely to
occur at Toronto when O'Brien
gets there. Speaking of the Orange
meeting there, Mr. O'Brien, full Of
gladness, said it was the best thing
that could have happened. "Why,"
said he, with Lord Lansdowne Enow
it is a ,csse of save me from my
friends" Haven't the 0rangemen
got him and bis cause into the
very same slew that the bigoted little
Tory, Chase Lewis, got the govern
ment into the other day in relation to
The charges of the London TINES.
which he insisted should be sum.
moned to the bar of the House of
and who, to his astonish.
nent and to the CONSERVATION of the
government, who united in vetoing
he motion from the proposed action |
by the whole force Of the |
Irish psrty2 Personally, am de-
ighted at their most extraVagant
ltterances, and personally, am fear
ese. predicted that Prof. Goodwin
ninth would at last find his level,
which prediction is fulfilled, as see
le was one of the most blatant
noakapa az t1o n..,..o ,,oank..o II |